A Christmas Carol Page #2

Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director(s): Edwin L. Marin
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1938
69 min
2,680 Views


why we should be enemies.

Good afternoon.

Uncle, I made this visit

in homage to Christmas, and I'll keep...

my Christmas spirit to the last.

And so, Uncle, a merry Christmas.

- Good afternoon.

- And a happy new year.

Good afternoon!

A merry Christmas to you, Bob.

Thank you, sir. A merry Christmas to you

and to your wife-to-be.

Thank you.

- A merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

- And the same to you, sirs.

- Thank you.

- Scrooge and Marley's, I believe.

- Yes, sir.

I have the pleasure

of addressing Mr. Marley?

- No, sir.

- Then you're Mr. Scrooge.

- No.

- My name is Scrooge.

- And my name is Twill.

- And mine is Rummidge.

And Mr. Marley?

Mr. Marley's been dead these seven years.

- He died seven years ago this very night.

- On Christmas Eve?

As good a time as any.

We have no doubt that Mr. Marley's

liberality is well represented...

by his surviving partner.

At this festive season of the year,

Mr. Scrooge...

it is more than usually desirable

that some slight provision be made...

for the poor and destitute.

Many thousands are in want, sir,

in need of common necessaries.

Hundreds of thousands are in want

of common comforts, sir.

- Are there no prisons?

- Plenty of prisons.

And the workhouses,

are they still in operation?

They are. Though I wish with all my heart

they were not.

I was afraid from what you said at first

that something had occurred...

to stop them in their useful course.

Under the impression these places

can scarcely furnish Christmas cheer...

for the mind and body of the multitude...

a few of us have endeavored to form

a fund for the poor, to buy them food...

and drink, and means of warmth.

What can I put you down for, sir?

Nothing.

You wish to be anonymous?

I wish to be left alone.

Since you asked me what I wish,

gentlemen, that is my answer.

I help to support the institutions

I mentioned. They cost enough...

and those who are badly off

must go there.

Many can't go there,

and many would rather die.

If they'd rather die, they'd better do it

and decrease the surplus population.

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

In that case, we must apologize

for interrupting you, sir.

Humbug!

You keep close watch on the closing hour.

- It's half an hour past, sir.

- Then close up.

Thank you, sir.

Don't work overtime.

You might make something of yourself.

- You'll want all day tomorrow, I suppose?

- lf it's quite convenient, sir.

It's not convenient, and it's not fair.

If I was to stop half a crown for it,

you'd consider yourself ill-used...

I'll be bound.

It's only once a year, sir.

A poor excuse for picking a man's pocket

every 25th of December.

However, I suppose you'll have to have

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